by Paul Adam
The featured image is part of the art work of Evgeny Hontor. His work can be found at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DemiurgusDreams. Chapter 4 Sŭchō, surprised he didn’t know he had a sister named Yuki, looked up at him. “You didn’t even know you had a sister named Yuki?” Skyler slapped his hand to his forehead, fell into... Continue Reading →
When they got to the top of the steps, a small clearing surrounded by unbelievably huge trees came into view. They had to be at least thirty to forty feet in diameter! The first twenty feet of the main trunk was bare of any branches. The rest of the way up, branches as thick as... Continue Reading →
Chapter 1 At the beginning of the trip, Skyler had maintained a tight grip on the giant bird’s talons. However, now that they had been traveling for a while, he had become more relaxed and found he could actually enjoy the ride. Laying on his stomach he looked down between the talons and noticed the... Continue Reading →
Mythical Beast The Roc pictured above. Previously, Skyler was in Cape Cod with Qbit looking for the old man from which Skyler had purchased the hidden gate detector. Just before he stepped through the gate, he learned he was going to have to go by himself. The first thing Skyler noticed when he stepped into... Continue Reading →
In Part 1, Maria, Curly and Lou had been blown clear of a collapsing cave. Lou and Curly were unhurt but Maria's leg had been injured when it was pinned under a large rock during the cave-in. Maria cringed with each step of her prosthetic leg. The pain had gotten worse, so bad, in fact,... Continue Reading →
(Here's something new I'm trying: In order to read more about Maria, Curly, or Lou, click on their names up here or at the end of the story and a new page will open with more information about each of them.) Everything around her seemed to be moving all at once; the ceiling of the... Continue Reading →
For the second time since she arrived on the planet, Yuki had fallen asleep in a moving vehicle. The gentle swaying and the sound of her mom’s voice had made keeping her eyes open difficult. Her mom, noticing her head drop forward for the umpteenth time, had finally insisted she go to bed. Yuki was... Continue Reading →
The trip had been uneventful, and the weather stayed nice. Yuki was used to seeing the same type of lifeless and monotonous landscape on the moon, so it didn’t really bother her that she was seeing the same type of thing down here. Every now and then she could hear her grandmother singing, humming or... Continue Reading →
“Let’s get this straight, right now; I hate to read.” So, when, on the first day of summer break, I was sitting at the kitchen table enjoying my second helping of Crackly O’s, I love these things, my mom came over and set a huge, dusty, old book down in front of me. She folded... Continue Reading →
This is going to be a long one folks so get comfortable and enjoy! Qbit’s push through the gate caused Skyler to lose his balance. He hit the beach face first and spread-eagle; his helmet ended up half buried in a mound of sand. Somehow, Qbit managed to arrive upright and on both feet. Skyler... Continue Reading →
